The 300 Week 1: Let’s Get This Party Started
Welcome to the first installment of The 300, a weekly feature chronicling my attempt to watch 300 movies in theaters in 2018. Why ...
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Review: Colossal
One of my least favorite movie cliches goes something like this: A person who lives in the city has an existential crisis. They ...
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Review: The Grandmaster
While Donnie Yen kicked off the Ip Man craze back in 2008, you could argue that Wong Kar Wai was partially responsible. Wong ...
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Review: The Act of Killing
Joshua Oppenheimer’s The Act of Killing is not just a documentary. It’s also an act of confession, a mediation on the power of ...
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Interview: Joshua Oppenheimer (The Act of Killing)
The Act of Killing was the most audacious documentary I saw at SXSW, as well as the most upsetting and politically charged. We’ll ...
Review: Miami Connection
Intentionally making a cult classic is difficult. Most cult classics need to be created without irony and then discovered in the wild, usually ...
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The Ecstasy of Endurance: Bela Tarr’s Satantango
Béla Tarr’s Sátántangó is a notorious endurance test for even the most seasoned cinephile. Scott Tobias at The AV Club called it “the ...